The Wagner group will hand over weapons, vehicles and military equipment to the Russian Ministry of Defence. This is reported by the state news agency Ria Novosti. “Preparations have been initiated to transfer heavier military equipment from the private military group Wagner to departments in the Russian armed forces,” says the letter from the Ministry of Defence. In addition, the FSB security service drops the investigation into Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in a car on his way out of Rostov on Saturday evening, after the agreement had been concluded with the president of Belarus. Photo: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS In full combat readiness It was Belarus’ president Aleksandr Lukashenko who signed the agreement with Prigozhin on Saturday. At a press conference with state Belarusian media today, the president says he put the military on full combat alert after the uprising, according to SkyNews. – It was painful to see the events that unfolded in the south of Russia. But not just for me. Many of our citizens felt it in their hearts because we share the same fatherland, Aleksandr Lukashenko said. Belarus’ president Aleksandr Lukashenko believes that Putin and the Wagner boss should be called heroes after preventing a major battle between the Wagner soldiers and the Russian military on Saturday. The picture is from February this year. Photo: Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP The president is said to have insisted to the journalists that he, President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin should all be called heroes – because they avoided a bloodbath in Moscow. Lukashenko says the tensions between Wagner and the Russian military leadership were mishandled. In addition to the president of Belarus, three other Russians are said to have participated in the negotiations with the Wagner boss. It must have been chief of staff in the Kremlin, Anton Vaino, former head of the FSB, now head of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and Russia’s ambassador to Belarus, Boris Gryzlov. Initiated investigation Yesterday, Russian media reported that Prigozhin was being investigated for inciting armed rebellion when he set course for Moscow and shot down six Russian helicopters on Saturday. On the way, battles were fought in several places. At least 13 Russian pilots and soldiers died. A helicopter just escaped the fire in Voronezh. The FSB launched a criminal investigation on Friday, around the same time as the Wagner uprising began. Around a day later, Prigozhin agreed that the mercenaries in the Wagner group should return to their bases in exchange for all receiving amnesty for their actions. In addition, he himself was to move to Belarus. A list of alleged Russian casualties shared by the blogger Rybar on Telegram Photo: Rybar / Telegram/Screenshot
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